JP2001138596A - Slip issuing device and slip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a printing region of a slip paper without making a waste region as much as possible when a slip such as a delivery slip consisting of parent slips and child slips to be attached to one load group having a plurality of loads is printed to be issued. SOLUTION: A paper conveying mechanism and a printing mechanism are controlled to be driven by a driving control circuit and then a printing operation is executed by means of the printing mechanism in accordance with print data. It is judged how many printing regions 30 in a slip paper the print data requires. A control signal is applied to the driving control circuit in such a manner that the printing based on the print data is performed on the printing region 30 by a unit of integer multiple of the printing region 30 corresponding to the judgment result. For example, tags 32 of the parent slips are formed by printing by using the minimum unit of the printing region 30, and a customer receipt and a deliverer management slip which is a copy thereof are formed by printing by using the printing region 30 adjacent thereto. The child slips are formed by printing by using only a minimum unit of the printing region 30. As a result, it is possible to use each printing region without making a waste region as much as possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a slip issuing device and a slip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In logistics services such as home delivery, it is necessary to attach a delivery slip to a package. Such delivery slips are roughly divided into a part that functions as a tag and a part that functions as a slip. The tag is attached to the package and displays the identity information of the package, and is maintained in a state of being attached to the package even after the package is delivered to the consignee. The slip is generally composed of a customer copy and a trader management slip when taking a courier service as an example. The customer copy is a slip for notifying the consignee that the consignee has left the luggage with a neighbor due to absence. The trader management slip is a slip that is delivered to a consignee and then removed by a courier service for management purposes.

Here, an actual operation of a parcel delivery service using a delivery slip will be described with reference to FIG.
First, a delivery slip 101 on which predetermined necessary items such as a sender and a consignee are printed is printed and issued by a delivery slip issuing apparatus 102 or the like, and the delivery slip 101 is to be delivered by a courier service. Affix to 103. The luggage 103 to which the delivery slip 101 is attached is once collected in a collection place, sorted there, and delivered to the consignee. At this time, the delivery person separates the slip composed of the customer copy 104 and the trader management slip 105 from the tag 106, and
Get 5 autographs. If the consignee is not present, the parcel 103 will be handed over to a nearby agent, and the agent will sign the contract management slip 105, and the customer's copy 104 separated from the contract management slip will be sent to the consignee's post 107, etc. Will be included. Then, the contractor management slip 105 that has obtained the signature
Is returned to the delivery company and stored.

[0004] Next, as exemplified in FIG. 16, a plurality of luggage groups exist in a courier service. For example, when a set of personal computers is purchased, the luggage 103
a, a luggage 103b for storing a display, and a luggage 103c for storing peripheral devices such as a printer. These luggage 103 constitute one group of one personal computer set. Usually, one package 10 is included in the packages 103 constituting such a group.
3a, a parent slip 101a is attached, and other luggage 103
Generally, child slips 101b and 101c are attached to each of b and 103c. Here, the parent slip 101a
The delivery slip 101 includes a tag 106 and a slip (a customer copy 104 and a trader management slip 105). The child slips 101b and 101c are
And a delivery slip 101 in which a related number or the like indicating the relationship with the parent slip is written. In general,
The parent slip 101a and the child slips 101b and 101c often have similar print contents and appearances. Such a plurality of luggage groups forming one group are also delivered by the same procedure as described with reference to FIG.

[0005] On the other hand, in a delivery slip attached to a package, copy paper is generally used because the contents of the customer copy and the dealer management slip in the slip portion are substantially the same. And, as a copy paper to be used, conventionally,
Paper using pressure-sensitive copy paper such as carbon paper is widely used. Necessary items are printed on such a delivery slip by an impact dot printer. On the other hand, attention has been paid to the excellent characteristics of the thermal printing method such as quietness and high-speed printing, and it has been studied to print and issue a delivery slip using a thermal printer. As an example of the printing and issuance of a delivery slip in the thermal printing method, as shown in FIG. 17, a label 203, a customer copy 204, and a trader management for a label paper 202 affixed to a long mount 201, as shown in FIG. It has been considered that the votes 205 are sequentially printed. However, in printing on such general label paper 202, the delivery slip becomes large as a whole, and the same contents are repeatedly printed twice on the customer copy 204 and the trader management slip 205. There is an inconvenience that you have to do it. Therefore,
In recent years, copy paper has also been developed for thermosensitive coloring paper printed by the thermal printing method, and use of such thermosensitive copy paper as a delivery slip has been studied.

[0006]

A delivery slip 101 to be attached to a group of luggage such that a plurality forms a group as described with reference to FIG. 16 has a parent slip 101a and a child slip 101.
Generally, b and 101c are formed by being printed on the same delivery slip sheet. However, child slip 10
1b and 101c only need to have a function as the tag 106 and a function of displaying the relationship with the parent slip, and do not originally need a printing area large enough to be comparable to the parent slip 101a. Therefore, there is a problem in that the delivery slip paper is wasted when obtaining the child slips 101b and 101c. In particular, as the number of packages 103 forming one group increases, waste of delivery slip sheets becomes more remarkable. In addition, since the delivery slip sheet is generally formed using copy paper, as described above, the delivery slip sheet is inevitably expensive, and is economically necessary to obtain the child slips 101b and 101c. Large loss.

As described above, it has been studied to use copyable thermosensitive coloring paper printed by a thermal printing method as a delivery slip. However,
With such thermosensitive coloring paper, a material with excellent thermal conductivity is applied between each thermosensitive coloring paper, and the thermal energy applied to the upper thermosensitive coloring paper during printing is transferred to the lower thermosensitive coloring paper for copying. Therefore, large heat energy is required for printing, which is an obstacle to improving the printing speed.

[0008] Such a problem of the printing speed causes a new problem when a copyable thermosensitive coloring paper printed by a thermal printing method is used as a delivery slip. In other words, if such a thermosensitive coloring paper is used as a delivery slip, there is a problem that there is a trade-off between waste of the delivery slip paper for the child slip and the printing speed. More specifically, at least three points are required as a delivery slip: a tag, a customer copy, and a trader management slip. Therefore, assuming that the tag, customer's copy, and the trader's management slip are all formed by copying paper, the amount of heat energy applied to the lowermost sheet of paper is reduced, so the printing speed must be considerably reduced. Copy printing becomes impossible. On the other hand, for example, if it is assumed that the tag and the vendor management slip are made of the same paper and are separable, and a customer copy is formed on the upper layer paper, one delivery slip is inevitably large. . In this case, if the print area for the parent slip and the print area for the child slip are not distinguished, a considerable waste occurs in the print area for the child slip.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to use the print area of the delivery slip sheet as much as possible when printing and issuing a delivery slip to be attached to a group of packages consisting of a plurality of packages. is there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to optimize the holding state of the sheets of each layer according to the type of the delivery slip formed by the delivery slip paper.

An object of the present invention is to make it easy to separate a delivery slip that needs to be separated.

An object of the present invention is to increase the printing speed as much as possible even when using heat-sensitive coloring paper that can be copied.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a voucher issuing apparatus which is provided with a copy function which is formed on a long sheet and has a copy function in which a predetermined unit printing area separated by an adhesive portion is continuous. A sheet path for guiding and conveying, a sheet conveying mechanism for applying a conveying force to the slip sheet in the sheet path, and a sheet conveying mechanism disposed in the sheet path and guided and conveyed along the sheet path by the sheet conveying mechanism. A printing mechanism for performing printing on a slip sheet, a drive control circuit for performing a printing operation by controlling the drive of the sheet transport mechanism and the printing mechanism based on print data, and the printing of the slip data on the slip sheet. A required print area determining means for determining how many areas are required, and printing is performed on the print area in integer multiples of the print area of the slip sheet according to the determination result of the required print area determining means. To anda print control means for applying a control signal to the drive control circuit so that printing is performed based on the over data.

Therefore, printing based on the print data is performed in the print area of the slip sheet in the required number of units for printing one slip. For example, in the case of a slip to be attached to a group of luggage such that a plurality of pieces form a group, a parent slip and a child slip are required, and the tag of the parent slip is printed and created using the minimum unit print area. It is possible to print out the customer's copy and a copy of the company management slip using the print area adjacent to this, and print out the child slip using only the print area of the minimum unit. . In such a slip, each print area of the slip sheet is used with as little waste as possible, and the number of copies is small.

The small number of copies works advantageously when a thermal printing system is adopted for the printing mechanism as in the fifth aspect of the present invention. Here, the invention described in claim 5 is the slip issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The printing mechanism performs a printing operation on the slip paper by a thermal head. As described above, when the thermal printing method is adopted, if the number of copies is small, a decrease in thermal conductivity with respect to the lower layer paper is small, and good printing is performed without reducing the printing speed.

Regarding the printing speed, controlling the paper transport speed according to the contents of printing on the slip paper as in the invention according to claim 6 leads to an increase in the printing speed. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the slip issuing device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, a signal for controlling the paper transport speed of the paper transport mechanism to at least two types of paper transport speeds is provided. A transport speed control unit for generating and providing the drive control circuit with the transport control unit; and a transport speed setting unit for determining a paper transport speed controlled by the transport speed control unit according to the content of printing on the slip sheet. The control of the paper transport speed in accordance with the content of printing on the slip may be performed, for example, by increasing the paper transport speed in a portion where there is no print item, or by controlling the paper transport in a portion which is not a copy print as in the invention of claim 7. It is assumed that the transport speed is increased. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the slip issuing device according to the sixth aspect, the transport speed setting means sets a printing speed at the time of printing at the child slip to a printing speed at the time of printing at the parent slip. The paper transport speed is determined so as to be high.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the slip issuing device according to the first aspect, the slip sheet after printing is arranged downstream of the printing mechanism in the sheet path, and cut in response to a cut signal. And a paper cut mechanism for outputting a cut signal to the paper cut mechanism so as to cut the slip paper in integral multiples of the print area of the slip paper according to the determination result of the required print area determining means. Position control means.

Therefore, the slip is issued by cutting the slip sheet after printing by the cutting mechanism. In this case, as in the third aspect of the present invention, the control of the cutting position facilitates the appropriateness of the paper holding state of each layer and the simplification of the separating operation for the slips that need to be separated. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the slip issuing apparatus according to the second aspect, the sheet cut position includes a print type determining unit that determines whether a print type is a parent slip or a child slip. The control unit is configured to cut the position where the adhesive portion does not remain at the rear end of the parent slip that is issued when the print type determination unit cuts the slip sheet after printing after determining that it is for the parent slip. A cut signal is output to the paper cutting mechanism so as to be at a position, and the cut type sheet is cut after printing after the printing type determination means has determined that it is for the child slip. A cut signal is output to the paper cutting mechanism so that the position where the adhesive portion remains at the end is the cut position. As a result, a non-adhesive portion is formed on at least one side of the parent slip, and it is easy to separate a sheet by inserting a finger into this portion. Further, in the case where the slip form according to claim 9 is used, wherein the adhesive portion is provided on at least two sides and the entire periphery of the printing area, the four sides become an adhesive portion, and A child slip attached in a stable state is obtained. In the invention according to claim 3, the "print type determining means for determining whether the type of printing is for a parent slip or for a child slip" is a function such as a flag included in print data or the like. In addition to actively performing the determination process based on the data, it also includes a case where a passive determination process such that a parent slip should be printed in a certain situation.

When issuing a slip to be attached to luggage which constitutes one group, it is convenient if the parent slip and at least one or more child slips can be collectively printed and issued. The invention according to claim 4 enables printing and issuing such a slip. In other words, the invention according to claim 4 is the slip issuing device according to claim 2, further comprising a child slip presence / absence determination means for determining whether a child slip is necessary, and a result of the determination by the child slip presence / absence determination means, When it is determined that the child slip is necessary, the paper cut position control means outputs a cut signal to the paper cutting mechanism after printing the parent slip and all the child slips.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slip sheet which is formed on a long length, has a continuous printing area of a predetermined unit separated by an adhesive portion, and has a copying function.

Therefore, when used in the slip issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the printing based on the print data in the print area of the slip sheet in the required number of units for printing one slip. Is performed. For example, in the case of a slip to be attached to a group of luggage such that a plurality of pieces form a group, a parent slip and a child slip are required, and the tag of the parent slip is printed and created using the minimum unit print area. It is possible to print out the customer's copy and a copy of the company management slip using the print area adjacent to this, and print out the child slip using only the print area of the minimum unit. .
In such a slip, each print area of the slip sheet is used with as little waste as possible, and the number of copies is small.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the slip sheet according to the eighth aspect, the adhesive portion is provided on the entire periphery of the printing area.

Therefore, when the present invention is applied to the slip issuing apparatus according to the third aspect, the separation operation can be facilitated for slips that need to be appropriately separated or separated by controlling the cut position. For example, a non-adhesive portion is formed on at least one side of the parent slip, and it is easy to separate each sheet by inserting a finger into this portion. In addition, the four sides of the child slip form an adhesive portion, so that a child slip stuck to the luggage in a stable state is obtained.

The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 8 or 9
In the slip sheet described above, a die cut is formed between the adjacent printing areas. Here, "die cut"
This is a cut in a state where the slips are not completely separated but are slightly connected.

Therefore, the slip can be easily separated at a desired position by the die cut portion.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the slip sheet according to the tenth aspect, the die cut is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent print areas.

Therefore, when the slip sheet is separated at the die-cut portion, since the separated portion is in a non-adhered state, it is easy to separate the sheets by putting a finger into the portion.
In particular, at least one side of the parent slip is in a non-adhered state even if the slip paper is separated at the die cut portion in order to obtain a parent slip necessary for issuing a slip to be attached to luggage forming one group. Therefore, the work of separating each sheet by putting a finger in that portion becomes easy.

The twelfth aspect of the present invention is the eighth or ninth aspect.
In the slip sheet described above, perforations are formed between the adjacent printing areas.

Therefore, the slip can be easily separated at a desired position by the perforated portion.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the slip sheet according to the twelfth aspect, the perforation is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent printing areas.

Therefore, when the slip sheet is separated at the perforated portion, the separated portion is in a non-adhered state, so that the work of separating the sheets by inserting a finger into the portion is facilitated. In particular, even when a slip sheet is separated at a perforation to obtain a parent slip required for issuing a slip to be attached to luggage that constitutes one group, at least one of the parent slips is separated.
Since the sides are in the non-adhesive state, the work of separating each sheet by putting a finger in that part is facilitated.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the chit sheet according to any one of the eighth to thirteenth aspects, the chit sheet is formed of a thermosensitive coloring sheet having at least the print area other than the uppermost layer. It has a copying function for the lower layer paper.

Therefore, it can be used in the slip issuing device according to the fifth aspect.

[0034]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The present embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a line thermal printer that prints and issues a delivery slip as a slip issuing apparatus, and the line thermal printer prints and issues a delivery slip as a slip.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a printing mechanism of a line thermal printer. That is, in the printing mechanism of the present embodiment, a delivery slip sheet 2 (see FIG. 3) as a slip sheet affixed to a long mount sheet 1 wound and held in a roll shape is provided together with the mount sheet 1 on a predetermined sheet. The printing unit 6 is configured to guide the sheet to the path 3 and print predetermined items by a printing unit 6 including a platen 4 and a thermal head 5 that comes into contact with the platen 4 via the sheet path 3 in the process. Delivery slip 2
Is given by the rotational drive of the platen 4. In other words, in the present embodiment, the printing unit 6 is arranged in the paper path 3 and the paper transport mechanism that applies the transport force to the delivery slip sheet 2 in the paper path 3 and guides the paper path 3 by the paper transport mechanism. A printing mechanism that performs a printing operation on the delivery slip sheet 2 to be conveyed is configured.

In the paper path 3, a transmission type optical sensor 7 is disposed downstream of the printing unit 6. The output of the optical sensor 7 becomes H when the delivery slip sheet 2 is not detected, and the output becomes L while the delivery slip sheet 2 is detected.
This is a general transmission type optical sensor having the following structure. A cutter 8 is provided downstream of the printing unit 6 and the optical sensor 7, and the delivery slip sheet 2 after printing is cut by the cutter 8 and issued.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electrical connection of each part. In the line thermal printer of the present embodiment, a motor 9 as a stepping motor for rotatingly driving the platen 4 and a thermal head 5 are drive-controlled by a microcomputer 10 (hereinafter abbreviated as a microcomputer), and the delivery slip 2 The necessary information as a delivery slip is printed on the delivery slip. That is, the microcomputer 10
CPU that executes various arithmetic processes and centrally controls each unit
11, a ROM 13 for storing various fixed data, for example, an operation program 12 in the form of firmware, and a RAM 14 for storing various variable data and used as, for example, a work area. The CPU 11, the ROM 13, and the RAM 14 may be connected via a system bus 15 including a data bus, an address bus, and the like, or may be integrated into one chip.

The thermal head 5 drives and controls the thermal head 5 based on predetermined print data stored in an image memory 16 connected to the microcomputer 10 via a system bus 15 to thereby deliver a delivery slip sheet. 2 is connected to the microcomputer 10 via a system bus 15 via a head driver 17 as a drive control circuit for printing predetermined items. Further, a motor 9 for rotating and driving the platen 4 is connected to a microcomputer 10 via a system bus 15 via a motor driver 18. That is, in the line thermal printer according to the present embodiment, the head driver 17 and the motor driver 18 mainly control the thermal head 5 by controlling the driving of the printing unit 6 constituting the paper transport mechanism and the printing mechanism based on the print data. A drive control circuit 19 that causes the printing mechanism to execute a printing operation based on print data is configured.

Further, the microcomputer 10 is provided with an I / O
The optical sensor 7 is connected to the motor 20 via the motor driver 21 and the motor 22 for driving the cutter 8 via the motor driver 21 via the system bus 15. Among these, the cutter 8 constitutes a cutting mechanism 23 together with the motor 22. In such a cutting mechanism 23, when a cut signal is input to the motor driver 21 in accordance with an instruction of the CPU 11, the motor driver 21 receives power from a power source (not shown). Is supplied to the motor 22, the cutter 8 is driven by the rotational driving force of the motor 22 to perform the cutting operation.

The thermal printer provided with such electrical connections of each section temporarily stores in the RAM 14 print data fetched from the outside via the I / F 24 connected to the microcomputer 10 via the system bus 15. The print data temporarily stored is developed in the image memory 16 and the image memory 1
The head driver 17 controls the drive of the thermal head 5 based on the predetermined print data developed in the printer 6. On this occasion,
Since the print format data for the delivery slip to be printed on the delivery slip paper 2 by the line thermal printer of the present embodiment is stored in the ROM 13, the print data temporarily stored in the RAM 14 according to this print format data. Are developed in the image memory 16.
The print data developed in the image memory 16 is sent to the head driver 17 for each line, latched, and output according to a predetermined strobe pulse. Then, in response to this output, each heating element (not shown) of the thermal head 5 is selectively energized, and each heating element selectively generates heat. At this time, the platen 4 is rotationally driven by the motor 9 as a drive source, and the delivery slip sheet 2 is guided and conveyed along the sheet path 3 in response thereto. Therefore, the microcomputer 10 controls the platen 4
The control unit controls the movement of the delivery slip sheet 2 in the main scanning direction based on the rotational drive of the head and the selective heat generation drive of each heating element of the thermal head 5, and prints based on the print data developed in the image memory 16 by the head driver 17. To run.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the delivery slip sheet 2. The first delivery slip sheet 27 is attached to the delivery slip sheet 2 via a re-peeling sticking section 26 as an adhesive section on a base 25 attached to the mount 1.
A second delivery slip sheet 29 is attached on the first delivery slip sheet 27 via a re-peeling and sticking section 28 as an adhesive section. The first delivery slip sheet 27 and the second delivery slip sheet 29 respectively include
The print area 3 is located in the central area surrounded by
0 is provided.

Here, as an example of implementation, the first delivery slip sheet 27 and the second delivery slip sheet 29 are both thermosensitive coloring papers, and the back surface of the second delivery slip sheet 29 has heat conduction. A heat conductive layer (not shown) having excellent properties is formed.
As a result, when predetermined items are printed on the second delivery slip sheet 29 by heating the respective heating elements of the thermal head 5, the heat generated at this time is also conducted well to the first delivery slip sheet 27. Then, the content printed on the second delivery slip sheet 29 is copied to the first delivery slip sheet 27.

In another embodiment, as the second delivery slip sheet 29, a sheet having a heat-sensitive layer on the front surface and a transfer layer coated with a leuco dye on the back surface is used.
May be used as the delivery slip sheet 27 of the above. In such a delivery slip sheet 2, when a predetermined item is printed on the second delivery slip sheet 29 by heating of each heating element of the thermal head 5,
The leuco dye applied to the back surface of the second delivery slip 29 and the first delivery slip 2
7 reacts with the color developer applied to the surface of No. 7, and the print content on the second delivery slip sheet 29 is copied to the first delivery slip sheet 27.

In addition, in the case of the present embodiment, the delivery slip sheet 2 as in the above two embodiments is used for printing by the thermal printing method, but the printing method such as the impact dot method is used. Is adopted, the delivery slip sheet 2 having a structure corresponding thereto is used. For example, as still another embodiment in which the delivery slip sheet 2 has a copying function, plain paper is used as the first delivery slip sheet 27 and the second delivery slip sheet 29, and the second delivery slip sheet 29 is used. A form in which carbon paper is attached to the back surface of the slip sheet 29 is also feasible. An impact dot head is used for such a delivery slip sheet 2, and the needle of the impact dot head is caused to selectively collide with the delivery slip sheet 2 via an ink ribbon (not shown). Is attached to the surface of the second delivery slip sheet 29, and printing is performed on the second delivery slip sheet 29. Then, the printed content of the second delivery slip sheet 29 is transferred to the first delivery slip sheet 27 by carbon paper, whereby the coloring of the carbon paper is transferred to the first delivery slip sheet 27 and the first delivery slip sheet 27 is colored. The printed content of the second delivery slip sheet 29 is copied onto the delivery slip sheet 27 of the second delivery.

As described above, various configurations can be implemented to provide the delivery slip sheet 2 with a copy function, and the present invention is not limited to the configuration introduced here, and the delivery slip sheet 2 has a copy function. Other arrangements are also possible. That is, the present invention is not limited to a specific configuration in order to provide the delivery slip sheet 2 with a copying function.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the delivery slip sheet 2. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, die cuts 31 are formed on the delivery slip sheet 2 at predetermined intervals. As shown in FIG. 3, this die cut 31 is formed at a break position of one print area 30. More specifically, one delivery slip sheet 2 separated by the die cut 31 is re-attached to the separated portion. The peeling / attaching portions 2 and 28 are not left at all, and the other delivery slip sheet 2 separated by the die cut 31 has a re-peeling / attaching portion 2 on its separated portion.
The die cut 31 is formed at a position where 6, 28 remain. In addition, as shown in FIG.
The second delivery slip sheet 29 reaches a portion extending from the front surface to the center of the backing sheet 1. Therefore, the second delivery slip sheet 29, the first delivery slip sheet 27, and the base 25
Are completely separated by the die cut 31.

However, the die cut 31 may be a perforation or the like as another embodiment. That is, any configuration may be used as long as the delivery slip sheet 2 can be separated.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the printing and issuing process of the delivery slip. First, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not received data has been fetched from outside via / F24 (step S1). If received data is taken in from outside, the command is analyzed (step S2), and if a print command is included, a drawing area is secured in the image memory 16 (step S2).
3). At this time, the reception process of step S1 and the
In the drawing area securing process of step S3 following the command analysis process of No. 2, since a process of printing a tag 32, a customer copy 33, and a vendor management slip 34, which will be described later, is always refrained, the minimum unit Print area 3
An area equivalent to twice 0 is secured. This is based on the operation of printing the tag 32 in the printing area 30 of the minimum unit, and printing the customer copy 33 and the vendor management slip 34 in the printing area 30 adjacent to this. Further, by such a passive process, a function as a print type determining unit for determining whether the print type is for the parent slip or for the child slip is executed. And the print data is the delivery slip 2
The function of the required print area determining means for determining how many print areas 30 are required as the minimum unit is also executed. When the drawing area is secured in the image memory 16, the A drawing process is performed on the drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data (step S4). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above. Then, step S4
The printing operation on the delivery slip sheet 2 is executed based on the print data developed in the image memory 16 by the drawing process (step S5). The processing of this printing operation is as described above. Then, by such a printing operation, according to the determination result of the necessary print area determining means,
The function of a print control means for giving a control signal to the drive control circuit 19 so that printing based on the print data is performed in the print area 30 in an integral multiple of the print area 30 which is the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 is executed. You.

Subsequently, in such a printing operation,
Since the delivery slip sheet 2 continues to be transported with the transport force being applied to the platen 4, when the leading end reaches the optical sensor 7 located downstream of the printing unit 6, the paper is detected (step S6). Then, the CPU 11 sets the platen 4
The number of driving steps for the motor 9 for rotating the printer is started, and the sheet feeding is continued until the position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut reaches the cutter 8 (step S7). In the process of step S7, assuming that the reference position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut is the die cut 31, the paper feed amount is finely adjusted to the minus position with respect to the reference position. As a result, the delivery slip sheet 2 is cut at the leading end side of the die cut 31 portion. For this reason, the delivery slip 35 cut and issued in step S8 is in a state where no re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 remain in the cut portion.

Next, after the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued, the delivery slip sheet 2 is back-fed and the thermal head 5 is printed.
(Step S9), and then it is determined whether or not a child slip is printed (step S10). Here, a function as a print type determining means for determining whether the type of printing is for a parent slip or for a child slip is positively executed.

As a result of the determination in step S10, if it is determined that the child slip is not printed, the process is terminated. If it is determined that the child slip is printed, the command is analyzed again (step S10). S11) Then, the image memory 16
A drawing area is secured inside (step S12). At this time, since it is clear that the printing process for the child slip is refrained, only an area corresponding to the minimum unit printing area 30 is secured in the image memory 16. This is due to the operation that only the identity information indicating the correspondence between the tag 32 and the parent slip is printed on the child slip. Thus,
An area corresponding to the minimum unit print area 30 is stored in the image memory 16 by executing the function of a necessary print area determination unit for determining how many print areas 30 forming the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 are required. When the drawing area "only" is secured, a drawing process is performed on the minimum drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data in the received data (step S13). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above. And
Based on the print data developed in the image memory 16 by the drawing process in step S13, a printing operation is performed on the delivery slip sheet 2 for the child slip (step S13).
14). The processing of this printing operation is as described above. By such a printing operation, the function of the printing control means is executed.

Subsequently, in such a printing operation,
Since the delivery slip sheet 2 continues to be transported with the transport force being applied to the platen 4, when the leading end reaches the optical sensor 7 located downstream of the printing unit 6, the paper is detected (step S15). Then, the CPU 11 starts measuring the number of drive steps for the motor 9 that rotationally drives the platen 4, and continues to feed the sheet until the position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut reaches the cutter 8 (step S16). In the process of step S16, the reference position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut is the die cut 3
Assuming that the portion is 1, the paper feed amount is finely adjusted in the plus direction with respect to the reference position. As a result, the delivery slip sheet 2 serving as a child slip is cut behind the die cut 31 portion. For this reason, the delivery slip 35, which is the child slip cut and issued in step S17, has a state in which the re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 slightly remain in the cut portion.

Next, after the delivery slip 35 serving as a child slip is printed and issued, the delivery slip paper 2 is back-fed to locate the head on the thermal head 5 (step S1).
8) Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there is a subsequent print, that is, whether or not it is necessary to further print the child slip (step S1).
9). As a result, if it is determined that there is a subsequent print, the processes from step S11 to step S19 are executed again, and if it is determined that there is no subsequent print, the process ends.

As a result of the print issuance processing of the delivery slip, the delivery slip 35 as one parent slip and the delivery slip 35 as child slips for a required number of sheets are printed and issued. The printed delivery slip 35 is attached to the package and provided for home delivery.

FIG. 6 is a plan view exemplifying a parent slip and a child slip printed and issued. As described above, in the present embodiment, printing based on the print data is performed in the print area 30 which is the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 with the required number of units for printing one delivery slip 35. That is, 1
Delivery slip 35 to be attached to a group of packages
For the parent slip and the child slip required for the parent slip, the tag 32 of the parent slip is printed by using the minimum unit print area 30, and the customer copy 33 and the customer copy 33 are printed using the print area 30 adjacent thereto. Contractor management slip 34 which is a copy (see FIG. 10)
Are printed, and the child slip is printed using only the minimum unit print area 30. In such a delivery slip 35, each print area 30 of the delivery slip paper 2 is used as much as possible without waste. In addition, the number of copies is only one, and the number is small. For this reason, even if the thermal printing method is adopted, the copy portion is clear and the printing is performed at a high speed.
And effective use of

FIG. 7 is a plan view exemplifying a state of a bonded portion between a printed and issued parent slip and a child slip, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the parent slip together with the bonded portion, and FIG. It is a perspective view shown with it. Paying attention to the parent slip, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, no re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 remain in the cut portion of the parent slip. Therefore, by putting a finger in that portion, the base 25, the customer copy 33, and the trader management slip 34 can be easily separated from each other. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
This means that the four sides of the child slip are the re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28. Therefore, the child slip is stably attached to the package. In other words, in the home delivery business, the parent slip needs to separate the customer copy 33 and the trader management slip 34 that constitute the slip from the tag 32, whereas the child slip only functions as the tag 32. , End its role as it is affixed to the luggage. In the present embodiment, in consideration of such functions of the parent slip and the child slip, it is determined not to leave the re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 in the cut portion. FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a slip portion separated from the tag in the parent slip, that is, a customer copy 33 and a trader management slip 34.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted.

The present embodiment will be described briefly. The delivery slip 3 which forms a group consisting of a parent slip and a child slip 3
In the case of printing and issuing 5, each slip is not cut, and is printed and issued in units of the delivery slip 35 constituting one group.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of the printing and issuing process of the delivery slip. First, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not received data has been fetched from outside via the I / F 24 (step S21). If received data is taken in from outside, the command is analyzed (step S22), and if a print command is included, a drawing area is secured in the image memory 16 (step S23). At this time, step S2 follows the reception processing of step S21 and the command analysis processing of step S22.
In the drawing area securing process 3, the process of printing the tag 32, the customer copy 33, and the trader management slip 34, which will be described later, is always reserved. A corresponding area is secured. This is based on the operation of printing the tag 32 in the printing area 30 of the minimum unit, and printing the customer copy 33 and the vendor management slip 34 in the printing area 30 adjacent to this. In this way, when the function of the required print area determining means for determining how many print areas 30 that form the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 is necessary for the print data is executed and the drawing area is secured in the image memory 16, A drawing process is performed on the drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data in the received data (step S24). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above. Then, a printing operation on the delivery slip sheet 2 is executed based on the print data developed in the image memory 16 by the drawing process in step S24 (step S25). The processing of this printing operation is as described above. And
By such a printing operation, the printing based on the print data is performed in the printing area 30 in an integral multiple of the printing area 30 which is the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 according to the determination result of the necessary printing area determination means. The function of a print control unit for giving a control signal to the drive control circuit 19 is executed.

Subsequently, in such a printing operation,
Since the delivery slip sheet 2 continues to be transported with the transport force being applied to the platen 4, when the leading end reaches the optical sensor 7 located downstream of the printing unit 6, the paper is detected (step S26). Then, the CPU 11 starts measuring the number of driving steps for the motor 9 that rotationally drives the platen 4.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the child slip is printed (step S27). Here, the function of the child slip presence / absence determining means for determining the necessity of the child slip is executed. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that there is no printing, paper feeding is continued until the position where the delivery slip paper 2 should be cut reaches the cutter 8 (step S28), and step S28 is performed.
At 29, the delivery slip paper 2 is cut. Thereby, the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued. Then, after the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued, the delivery slip sheet 2 is back-fed and the cueing of the thermal head 5 is performed (step S30), and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination made by the child slip presence / absence determining means in step S27 is that the child slip is to be printed, the command is analyzed again (step S27).
31) Then, a drawing area is secured in the image memory 16 (step S32). At this time, since it is clear that the printing process for the child slip is scheduled, the image memory 1
In 6, only an area corresponding to the print area 30 of the minimum unit is secured. This is due to the operation that only the identity information indicating the correspondence between the tag 32 and the parent slip is printed on the child slip. In this way, the function of the required print area determining means for determining how many print areas 30 which are the minimum units of the delivery slip sheet 2 is required for the print data is executed, and the print data corresponding to the minimum unit print area 30 is stored in the image memory 16. When a drawing area including only an area to be printed is secured, a drawing process is performed on the minimum drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data in the received data (step S33). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above. Then, based on the print data developed in the image memory 16 by the drawing process in step S33, a printing operation is performed on the delivery slip sheet 2 for the child slip (step S34). The processing of this printing operation is as described above. By such a printing operation, the function of the printing control means is executed.

Subsequently, in parallel with the printing process in step S34, it is determined whether or not there is a subsequent printing, that is, whether or not it is necessary to further print the child slip (step S35). As a result, if it is determined that there is a subsequent print, the processing from step S31 to step S35 is executed again. If it is determined that there is no subsequent print, the process proceeds to the paper feed process of step S28. Then, step S29
Then, the delivery slip paper 2 is cut, whereby the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued. Then, after the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued, the delivery slip sheet 2 is back-fed and the cueing of the thermal head 5 is performed (step S30), and the process ends.

FIG. 12 is a plan view exemplifying the printed and issued parent slip and child slip. That is, when it is determined in step S27 that there is a child slip, a delivery slip 35 as shown in FIG. 12, for example, is printed and issued. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when issuing a delivery slip 35 to be attached to a package that forms one group, the parent slip and at least one or more child slips are collectively printed and issued. Thus, handling of the delivery slip 35 after issuance can be facilitated.

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted.

In the present embodiment, when printing on the delivery slip sheet 2, the printing speed is generally reduced when printing is performed on a portion that requires copying, and when printing is performed on a portion that does not require copying. This is to increase the printing speed.

First, the ROM 13 of the microcomputer 10 stores data for obtaining two types of paper transport speeds, high speed and low speed. In other words, the motor 9 for rotating the platen 4 has a structure in which the rotor is magnetically driven by energization for each timing pulse. Therefore, the rotation speed is determined by the pulse interval of the timing pulse that determines the energization timing. Depends. The timing pulse that determines the energization timing of the motor 9 is
It is generated by a pulse generator (not shown) built in the motor driver 18. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a timing pulse of two kinds of timings is generated by the pulse generator, and a signal for determining which timing pulse to drive the motor 9 is input to the pulse generator under the control of the CPU 11. It was made the structure which can be done. Therefore, by appropriately inputting a timing pulse determination signal to the pulse generator according to the judgment of the CPU 11, the rotor rotation speed of the motor 9 is controlled,
The paper transport speed is variable. In addition, if the timing for heating the heating elements by the thermal head 5 does not change in a state in which the paper transport speed is variable, the print content is distorted in accordance with the change in the paper transport speed. Correspondingly, the heat drive timing of each heat generating element by the thermal head 5 is also changed. The heat drive timing of each heating element by the thermal head 5 can be easily changed by changing the timing of the head drive pulse in the head driver 17.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of the printing and issuing process of the delivery slip. First, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not received data has been fetched from outside via the I / F 24 (step S41). If received data is taken in from outside, the command is analyzed (step S42), and if a print command is included, a drawing area is secured in the image memory 16 (step S43). At this time, step S4 follows the reception processing of step S41 and the command analysis processing of step S42.
In the drawing area securing process 3, the process of printing the tag 32, the customer copy 33, and the trader management slip 34, which will be described later, is always reserved. Corresponding areas, that is, a drawing area A and a drawing area B are secured. This is because the tag 32 is attached to the minimum unit print area 30 based on the drawing area A.
Is printed, and a customer copy 33 and a vendor management slip 34 are printed in a printing area 30 based on the drawing area B adjacent thereto. In this way, when the function of the required print area determining means for determining how many print areas 30 that form the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 is necessary for the print data is executed and the drawing area is secured in the image memory 16, A drawing process is performed on the drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data in the received data (step S44). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above.

Thereafter, a high-speed issuance speed A is set as the printing speed (step S45: transport speed setting means). That is, the drive control circuit 19 is set to enable high-speed printing. The technique for that is as described above.
Then, based on the print data developed in the drawing area A of the image memory 16 by the drawing processing in step S44, a printing operation on the delivery slip sheet 2 is executed (step S46: transport speed control means). The processing of this printing operation is as described above.

Subsequently, a low-speed issuing speed B is set as the printing speed (step S47: transport speed setting means). That is, the drive control circuit 19 is set for low-speed printing. The technique for that is as described above. Then, based on the print data developed in the drawing area B of the image memory 16 by the drawing processing in step S44, a printing operation on the delivery slip sheet 2 is executed (step S48: conveyance speed control means). The processing of this printing operation is as described above.

In such a printing operation, the delivery slip sheet 2 continues to be transported with the transport force being applied to the platen 4, so that the leading end thereof reaches the optical sensor 7 located downstream of the printing unit 6. Then, paper detection is performed (step S49). Then, the CPU 11 starts measuring the number of driving steps for the motor 9 for driving the platen 4 to rotate, and the position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut is determined by the cutter 8.
Paper feed is continued until it reaches (step S5).
0). In the process of step S50, assuming that the reference position at which the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut is the die cut 31, the paper feed amount is finely adjusted negatively with respect to the reference position. As a result, the delivery slip sheet 2 is cut at the leading end side of the die cut 31 portion. For this reason, the delivery slip 35 cut and issued in step S51 is in a state where no re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 remain in the cut portion.

Next, after the delivery slip 35 is printed and issued, the delivery slip paper 2 is back-fed and the thermal head 5 is printed.
(Step S52), and then it is determined whether or not a child slip is printed (step S53).

As a result of the determination in step S53, if it is determined that the child slip is not printed, the process is terminated. If it is determined that the child slip is printed, the command is analyzed again (step S53). S54) Then, the image memory 16
A drawing area is secured inside (step S55). At this time, since it is clear that the printing process for the child slip is refrained, only an area corresponding to the minimum unit printing area 30 is secured in the image memory 16. This is due to the operation that only the identity information indicating the correspondence between the tag 32 and the parent slip is printed on the child slip. Thus,
An area corresponding to the minimum unit print area 30 is stored in the image memory 16 by executing the function of a necessary print area determination unit for determining how many print areas 30 forming the minimum unit of the delivery slip sheet 2 are required. When the drawing area of only is secured, a drawing process is performed on the minimum drawing area secured in the image memory 16 based on the print data in the received data (step S56). The process of expanding the print data in the image memory 16 in such a drawing process is as described above.

Thereafter, a high-speed issuing speed A is set as the printing speed (step S57: transport speed setting means). That is, the drive control circuit 19 is set to enable high-speed printing. The technique for that is as described above.
Then, based on the print data developed in the drawing area of the image memory 16 by the drawing process in step S56,
A printing operation is performed on the delivery slip sheet 2 (step S58: conveyance speed control means). The processing of this printing operation is as described above.

Subsequently, in such a printing operation,
Since the delivery slip sheet 2 continues to be transported with the transport force being applied to the platen 4, when the leading end reaches the optical sensor 7 located downstream of the printing unit 6, the paper is detected (step S59). Then, the CPU 11 starts measuring the number of drive steps for the motor 9 that rotationally drives the platen 4, and continues to feed the sheet until the position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut reaches the cutter 8 (step S60). In the process of step S60, the reference position where the delivery slip sheet 2 should be cut is the die cut 3
Assuming that the portion is 1, the paper feed amount is finely adjusted in the plus direction with respect to the reference position. As a result, the delivery slip sheet 2 serving as a child slip is cut behind the die cut 31 portion. For this reason, the delivery slip 35, which is the child slip cut and issued in step S61, has a state in which the re-peeling attachment portions 26 and 28 slightly remain in the cut portion.

Next, after the delivery slip 35 serving as a child slip is printed and issued, the delivery slip paper 2 is back-fed to locate the head on the thermal head 5 (step S6).
2) Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there is a subsequent print, that is, whether or not it is necessary to further print the child slip (step S6).
3). As a result, if it is determined that there is a subsequent print, the processes from step S54 to step S63 are executed again, and if it is determined that there is no subsequent print, the process ends.

As a result of the printing and issuing process of the delivery slip, a delivery slip 35 as one parent slip and a delivery slip 35 as child slips for a required number of sheets are printed and issued. The printed delivery slip 35 is attached to the package and provided for home delivery.

FIG. 14 is a plan view exemplifying a printed and issued parent slip and child slip. As is clear from FIG. 14, the printing speed is high in the part of the tag 32 and is low in the part of the slip (the customer copy 33 and the vendor management slip 34). This is because the necessary information only needs to be printed on the uppermost second delivery slip sheet 29 in the delivery slip sheet 2 in the portion of the tag 32, whereas the slip portion is the supplier management slip 34. Is a copy of the customer's copy 33,
This is because if the printing speed is high, thermal energy cannot be sufficiently transmitted to the lower first delivery slip sheet 27. In other words, in the present embodiment, higher-speed printing is enabled by performing the printing speed control as described above.

[0079]

The invention of the slip issuing device according to claim 1 is
A paper path for guiding and transporting a slip sheet provided with a copy function in which a predetermined unit of printing area formed on a long sheet and separated by an adhesive portion is continuous, and a feeding force to the slip sheet in the sheet path. A paper transport mechanism for applying, a printing mechanism that is arranged in the paper path and prints on the slip sheet guided and transported along the paper path by the paper transport mechanism, and the paper transport mechanism based on print data A drive control circuit for performing a printing operation by controlling the drive of the printing mechanism; a required print area determining unit for determining how many print areas of the slip paper are required by print data; and the required print area. According to the determination result of the determination means, a control signal is provided to the drive control circuit so that printing based on print data is performed in the print area in units of an integral multiple of the print area of the slip sheet. Since anda print control means for, it is possible to perform printing based on the print data in the print area of the document sheet in number of units required for printing one document. For example, in the case of a slip to be attached to a group of luggage such that a plurality of pieces form a group, a parent slip and a child slip are required, and the tag of the parent slip is printed and created using the minimum unit print area. It is possible to print out the customer's copy and a copy of the company management slip using the print area adjacent to this, and print out the child slip using only the print area of the minimum unit. . In such a slip, each print area of the slip sheet can be used with as little waste as possible, and the number of copies can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the chit issuing apparatus according to the first aspect, the chit paper after the printing is cut in accordance with a cut signal, the cut chit paper being arranged downstream of the printing mechanism in the paper path. And a paper cut mechanism for outputting a cut signal to the paper cut mechanism so as to cut the slip paper in integral multiples of the print area of the slip paper according to the determination result of the required print area determining means. And a position control means, so that the printed slip sheet can be cut by the cutting mechanism to automatically issue the slip.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the slip issuing apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising a print type determining means for determining whether a print type is a parent slip or a child slip, and wherein the paper cut position is determined. The control unit is configured to cut the position where the adhesive portion does not remain at the rear end of the parent slip that is issued when the print type determination unit cuts the slip sheet after printing after determining that it is for the parent slip. A cut signal is output to the paper cutting mechanism so as to be at a position, and the cut type sheet is cut after printing after the printing type determination means has determined that it is for the child slip. Since the cut signal is output to the paper cutting mechanism so that the position where the adhesive portion remains at the end becomes the cut position, the cut position is controlled by controlling the cut position so that the paper holding state of each layer needs to be optimized or separated. Minute It is possible to facilitate the work.
That is, since a non-adhesive portion can be formed on at least one side of the parent slip, it is possible to facilitate the work of separating the sheets by inserting a finger into this portion. Further, in the case where the slip form according to claim 9 is used, in which the child slip is provided with an adhesive portion on at least two sides and the entire periphery of the printing area, four sides can be an adhesive part. A child slip attached in a stable state can be obtained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the slip issuing apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising a child slip presence / absence determining means for determining whether a child slip is necessary, and a result of the determination by the child slip presence / absence determining means. If it is determined that the child slip is necessary, the sheet cut position control means outputs a cut signal to the paper cutting mechanism after printing the parent slip and all the child slips. When a voucher to be attached to a package to be configured is issued, a parent voucher and at least one or more child vouchers can be printed and issued together, and handling of the voucher after issuance can be facilitated. .

The fifth aspect of the present invention provides the first to fourth aspects.
In the slip issuing device according to any one of the above, since the printing mechanism performs a printing operation on the slip paper by a thermal head, if the number of copies is small, it is possible to reduce the decrease in thermal conductivity to the lower layer paper. Because you can
If the number of copies can be reduced as in the present invention, good printing can be performed without reducing the printing speed.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claims 1 to 5
In the slip issuing apparatus according to any one of the above, conveyance speed control means for generating a signal for controlling the paper conveyance speed by the paper conveyance mechanism to at least two types of paper conveyance speed and providing the signal to the drive control circuit, A transport speed setting unit that determines a paper transport speed controlled by the transport speed control unit according to the content of printing on the slip sheet, so that the paper transport speed is optimized according to the print content, The printing speed can be increased while maintaining the printing quality.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the slip issuing device according to the sixth aspect, the transport speed setting means sets a printing speed at the time of printing at the child slip to a printing speed at the time of printing at the parent slip. Since the paper transport speed is determined so as to be a high speed, the paper transport speed can be increased for a portion other than the copy printing, and the printing speed can be increased.

The invention of the slip sheet according to the eighth aspect is characterized in that the printing area is formed on a long sheet, the printing area of a predetermined unit divided by an adhesive portion is continuous, and a copy function is provided. By using the slip issuing device according to the first aspect, it is possible to perform printing based on the print data in the print area of the slip sheet in the required number of units for printing one slip. For example,
A slip attached to a group of luggage that forms a group requires a parent slip and a child slip, but the tag of the parent slip is printed and created using the minimum unit print area. It is possible to print and make a copy of the customer copy and a company management slip which is a copy of this using the adjacent print area, and print and make a child slip using only the print area of the minimum unit. In such a slip, each print area of the slip sheet can be used with as little waste as possible, and the number of copies can be reduced.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the slip form according to the eighth aspect, the adhesive portion is provided on the entire periphery of the print area. By controlling the cut position, it is possible to facilitate the separation operation for the slips that need to optimize and separate the holding state of the paper of each layer. For example, since a non-adhesive portion is formed on at least one side of the parent slip, it is possible to facilitate the work of separating sheets by inserting a finger into this portion.
In addition, since the four sides of the child slip are bonded portions, it is possible to obtain a child slip that is stably attached to the package.

The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 8 or 9
In the slip sheet described above, since a die cut is formed between the adjacent print areas, the slip can be easily separated at a desired position by the die cut portion.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the slip sheet according to the tenth aspect, the die cut is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent printing areas. When the slip sheet is separated, the separated portion is in a non-adhered state, so that it is possible to facilitate the work of separating the sheets by putting a finger into the separated portion. In particular, at least one side of the parent slip is in a non-adhered state even if the slip paper is separated at the die cut portion in order to obtain a parent slip necessary for issuing a slip to be attached to luggage forming one group. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the work of separating each sheet by inserting a finger into that portion.

The twelfth aspect of the present invention is the eighth or ninth aspect.
In the slip sheet described above, perforations are formed between the adjacent print areas, so that the slip can be easily separated at a desired position by the perforations.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the slip sheet according to the twelfth aspect, the perforation is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent printing areas. When the slip sheet is separated at the portion, since the separated portion is in a non-adhered state, it is possible to facilitate the work of separating the sheets by inserting a finger into the portion. In particular, even when a slip sheet is separated at a perforation to obtain a parent slip necessary for issuing a slip to be attached to luggage that constitutes one group, at least one side of the parent slip is not bonded. Because of this, it is possible to facilitate the work of separating each sheet by inserting a finger into that portion.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the chit sheet according to any one of the eighth to thirteenth aspects, the chit sheet is formed of a thermosensitive coloring sheet, the sheet having at least the printing area other than the uppermost layer. Since it has a copying function for the lower layer paper, it can be applied to the slip issuing device according to the fifth aspect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a printing mechanism according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating electrical connection of each unit.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a slip sheet (delivery slip sheet).

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of a print issuance process for a slip (delivery slip).

FIG. 6 is a plan view exemplifying a printed parent slip and a child slip.

FIG. 7 is a plan view exemplifying a state of an adhesive portion between a printed and issued parent slip and a child slip.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a parent slip together with its adhesive portion.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a child slip together with its bonding portion.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a slip portion separated from a tag in a parent slip.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of a print issuance process of a slip (delivery slip) as a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a plan view illustrating a printed and issued parent slip and child slip.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of a print issuance process for a slip (delivery slip) as a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a plan view exemplifying a printed and issued parent slip and child slip.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method of using an issued slip (delivery slip).

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method of using an issued slip (delivery slip) including a parent slip and a child slip.

FIG. 17 is a front view showing an example of a voucher (delivery voucher) formed by printing on general label paper as an example of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 slip paper (delivery slip paper) 3 paper path 5 thermal head 6 paper transport mechanism, printing mechanism (printing section) 19 drive control circuit 23 paper cutting mechanism 26, 28 adhesive section (re-peeling section) 30 printing area 31 die cut 35 slips (delivery slips) S2 to S7, S10 to S
16, S42 to S50, S53 to S60 Print type determination means S3, S12, S23, S32, S43, S55
Required print area determination means S4 to S5, S13 to S14, S24 to S25, S33
To S34, S44 to S48, S56 to S58 Print control means S8, S17, S29, S51, S61 Paper cut position control means S27 Child slip presence / absence determination means S46, S48, S58 Transport speed control means S45, S47, S57 Transport speed setting means

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A paper path for guiding and transporting a form sheet having a copying function formed on a long sheet and having a continuous printing area of a predetermined unit separated by an adhesive portion, and the form in the form path A paper transport mechanism that applies a transport force to paper, a printing mechanism that is arranged in the paper path and prints on the slip sheet guided and transported along the paper path by the paper transport mechanism, and a print mechanism based on print data. A drive control circuit for performing a printing operation by controlling the driving of the paper transport mechanism and the printing mechanism, and a required print area determining means for determining how many print areas of the slip paper are required for print data. The drive control circuit according to the determination result of the required print area determining means, so that printing based on print data is performed in the print area in integer multiples of the print area of the slip sheet. Billing anda print control means for applying a control signal to. 2. A paper cutting mechanism which is disposed downstream of the printing mechanism on the paper path and cuts the slip sheet after printing according to a cut signal, and a determination result of the required printing area determination means. 2. A slip issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a sheet cut position control means for outputting a cut signal to the sheet cutting mechanism so as to cut the slip sheet in integral multiples of the print area of the slip sheet. . 3. A printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printing type determination unit configured to determine whether the printing type is for a parent slip or a child slip, wherein the paper cut position control unit determines that the printing type determination unit is for the parent slip. When cutting the slip sheet after printing, a cut signal is output to the sheet cutting mechanism so that a position where the adhesive portion does not remain at the rear end of the issued parent slip is a cut position, If the print type determination means cuts the slip sheet after printing determined to be for the child slip, the position where the adhesive portion remains at the rear end of the child slip to be issued is the cut position. 3. The slip issuing device according to claim 2, wherein a cut signal is output to the paper cutting mechanism. 4. A child slip presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not a child slip is necessary, and as a result of the determination by the child slip presence / absence determining means, when the child slip is determined to be necessary, 3. The slip issuing device according to claim 2, wherein the sheet cut position control means outputs a cut signal to the sheet cutting mechanism after printing the parent slip and all the child slips. 5. The slip issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the printing mechanism performs a printing operation on the slip paper by a thermal head. 6. A transport speed control means for generating a signal for controlling a paper transport speed of the paper transport mechanism to at least two types of paper transport speeds and providing the signal to the drive control circuit; 6. The slip issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transport speed setting unit that determines a sheet transport speed controlled by the transport speed control unit according to the content. 7. The paper transport speed setting means determines the paper transport speed such that the print speed at the time of printing on the child slip is higher than the print speed at the time of printing on the parent slip. Slip issuing device. 8. A slip sheet having a copy function, which is formed on a long sheet and has a continuous printing area of a predetermined unit separated by an adhesive portion. 9. The slip sheet according to claim 8, wherein the adhesive portion is provided all around the printing area. 10. The slip sheet according to claim 8, wherein a die cut is formed between the adjacent printing areas. 11. The slip sheet according to claim 10, wherein the die cut is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent print areas. 12. The slip sheet according to claim 8, wherein a perforation is formed between the adjacent printing areas. 13. The slip sheet according to claim 12, wherein the perforation is formed at a position where the adhesive portion does not remain in at least one of the adjacent printing areas. 14. The slip sheet according to claim 8, wherein at least the sheet having the printing area other than the uppermost layer is formed of a thermosensitive coloring sheet and has a copying function for a lower layer sheet. Voucher form.